@BEGINEVENTS
@DEBUG

@IF
TURN
turn=56
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 955 - Otto I, King of the Germans, defeats the Hungarian horde at the
Battle of the Lech
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=11
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 910 - Gngu-Hrlfr - aka Rollo - receives a grant of land from the West
Frankish king.  This grant becomes the basis of the Duchy of Normandy.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=28
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 927 - Symeon, Czar of Bulgaria, dies.  During his reign, Symeon
successfully broke free of Byzantine overlordship and established his own hegemony in the
Balkans.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=46
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 945 - The Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad is overthrown by Ahmad ibn
Buwayh, who founds the Shi'a Buwayhid dynasty.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=61
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 960 - Harald Bluetooth, King of the Danes, converts to Christianity,
under the influence of the German missionary Poppo.  Harald erects the Jelling monument to
commemorate his conversion, and his unification of Denmark and conquest of Norway.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=63
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 962 - Otto, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in
Rome, in emulation of Charlemagne.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=67
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 966 - Mieszko, King of the Poles, converts to Christianity.  He goes on to
found the diocese of Gniezno, which becomes a suffragan of the archdiocese of Mainz.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=76
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 975 - Song Taizu defeats the southern Tang kingdom, ending the era of
the 'Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms', and establishing the Song Dynasty of China.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=89
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 988 - Vladimir, Prince of Kiev and overking of the Rus', converts to
Orthodox Christianity.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=101
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 1000 - At a meeting of the 'Althing' or parliament, the people of Iceland
convert to Christianity.  In the same year, Leif Eriksson, a farmer from Greenland, becomes the
first European to set foot on American soil: he probably lands near l'Anse aux Meadows,
Newfoundland.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=125
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 1024 - The empire of Mahmud of Ghazni, an Afghan warlord, is at its
height, including Persia and most of northern India.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=119
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 1018 - The Byzantine Emperor, Basil II, completes his conquest of
Bulgaria, earning him the epithet 'Bulgar-Slayer'.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=138
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 1037 - The great Persian scientist Ibn Sina (Avicenna), dies at Hamadan.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=160
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 1059 - The Norman leader Robert Guiscard concludes the Treaty of
Melfi with Pope Nicholas II, in which he is recognised as Duke of Apulia and Calabria.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=172
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 1071 - The Byzantine army is defeated by the Seljuk Turks led by Alp
Arslan at the Battle of Manzikert.  The Turks quickly overrun most of Anatolia.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=187
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 1086 - Alfonso VI of Castile is defeated in battle by the Almoravid leader
Yusuf ibn Tashufin.  The Almoravids have already overrun North Africa, and have come to Spain
by invitation of Muslim princes there.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=196
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 1095 - Pope Urban II calls all Christian nations to arms to retake the
Holy Land from the Muslims.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=200
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS: AD 1099 - The Crusaders capture Jerusalem.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=167
@THEN
TEXT
Anno Domini 1066: In this year King Harald came from Norway into the land of Yorkshire and 
made great slaughter and burned many farms. So Harold, King of the English, went with a great 
host and did battle with him at a place called Stamford Bridge and took the victory.
But Duke William, hearing of this, crossed the sea from Normandy and landed at Pevensey. 
King Harold rushed with his army there and met him near Hasitngs in the land of the South 
Saxons. On the kalends of October 14 they fought the whole day and many fell in the shield 
wall, but in the end - by guile - Duke William took the victory.
THE NORMANS CONQUER ENGLAND.
ENDTEXT
GIVETECHNOLOGY
receiver=English
technology=29
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=216
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1115: Akuta, chief of the Jurchen nomads, founds the Jin Empire in northern
China.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=219
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1118: Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium, dies after 37 years on the
throne. During his reign he reconquered territory in Asia Minor from the Seljuk Turks and also
repulsed the Normans and nomadic steppe peoples.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=227
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1126: The Jin capture Kaifeng, the capital of the Song dynasty of southern
China, capturing the dual emperors Huizong and Qinzong. They only agree to withdraw and
release the prisoners after receiving an exorbitant ransom.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=239
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1138: Boleslaw III, King of Poland, dies after a 36-year reign. During this time
he expanded the kingdom's territory to the north and west, but upon his death the country is
divided between his four sons, beginning the so-called "Period of Fragmentation".
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=248
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1147: The Almoravid Empire, once encompassing Spain and North Africa, is
destroyed with the capture of its capital, Marrakesh, by the rival Almohad sect. The Almohad
ruler, Abd al-Mumin, claims the Caliphate for himself.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=253
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1152: Frederick Barbarossa is elected King of Germany and Holy Roman
Emperor.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=255
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1154: Roger, King of Sicily, who forged a Norman empire spanning southern
Italy, Sicily and Tunisia, dies.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=268
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1167: The cities of northern Italy form the Lombard League to oppose the
power of the Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=277
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1176: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa is defeated by the
Lombard League at the battle of Legnano.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=291
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1190: Frederick Barbarossa, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor,
dies leading forces on the Third Crusade. The emperor was approaching Seleucia, on the coast
of Asia Minor in Byzantine territory.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=293
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1192: Minamoto Yoritomo is made first shogun of Japan by the emperor,
following his clan's defeat of their Taira rivals.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=309
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1208: With the conquest of Turkestan, the Mongol leader Genghis Khan is
master of Central Asia.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=316
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1215: The Mongols under Genghis Khan capture Beijing, capital of the Jin
Empire.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=328
@THEN
TEXT
WORLD NEWS 1227: Genghis Khan dies. During his reign the Mongols became united and
conquered a swathe of territory encompassing Central Asia and northern China.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@ENDEVENTS
